HEALTH STRATEGY & PR

GALIEN THINK TANK GREECE (GTTG)

The Galien Think Tank Greece (GTTG) is an important, independent institution that will function as an advisory configuration center for the health sector in Greece. The aim is to create viable proposals operation of the National Health System, taking into account all the parameters currently applied in the country. A crucial role in achieving this goal will play the presence of party representatives of the Greek Parliament, covering the areas of health and social affairs, who will take the GTTG’s proposals into account, process them and finally will make recommendations for a vote in the House.
The GTTG aims to bringing – for the first time in Greece – together all forces from the field of health: scientists, researchers , organizations, patients’ associations and personalities within and outside the country that want, are able and aspire to contribute with opinions and ideas, scientifically documented, to rationalize the wrongs in health and lead to a sustainable system that will be purely patient-centered.

The basic pillars of action of GTTG are:

1. Healthcare Sustainability with main objective:

To achieve better management of the national budget on health for the benefit of the population
To propose appropriate prevention plan to reduce the cost of chronic diseases
To design a program that will evaluate innovative treatments and new technologies (HTA), based on mapping the most frequently occurring disorders of the population in Greece
To find alternative sources of financing the health system

2. Financing innovation in the healthcare sector with a major axis:

The role of innovation to be recognized, evaluated and strengthened by the state in order to converge the desired with the feasible
To allocate resources from the national health budget to promote new technologies, innovative products and diagnostic tools

3. Strengthening of clinical research in Greece with a target:

To create the right conditions for our country to attract R&D and become a reference center in southern Europe for the preparation of clinical studies
To establish an appropriate legal framework so as to facilitate the preparation of clinical studies in our country

GTTG Forum
The recommendations of the members of all three pillars of GTTG will be announced each year during the GTTG Forum, starting in November 2014.
Moreover, the GTTG Forum will be the basic platform for communication and exchange of views between members of the GTTG and all stakeholders associated with the formulation of health policies on a local, national and European level.

Following the GTTG Forum, suggestions from all speakers will be gathered and evaluated by the members of the GTTG and finally submitted to the competent parliamentary representatives and the Health Committee of the House as final recommendations for voting.